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Chrisney Water Department

Serves Chrisney and Newtonville, Spencer County, IN · 823 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Chrisney Water Department in the last ten years.

  • IN5274001
  • CHRISNEY
  • IN
  • 823 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 47611
EPA system ID IN5274001

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • Chrisney Water Department buys its water from Santa Claus Water Utility.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, January 2010.
  • Record on file since 1978, with 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 397 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2024 Resolved

Full record since 1978

EPA's records for Chrisney Water Department go back to 1978. Before October 19, 2016 they list 8 health-based violations (8 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 38 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 14
1980s 0 8
1990s 8 7
2000s 0 8
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1
2020s 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began June 1996, Archived.

Show all 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jun 1, 1996 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 1, 1996 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 1995 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 May 1, 1995 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 1994 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Apr 1, 1994 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Aug 1, 1993 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 1993 Archived

Enforcement actions

EPA took 1 formal enforcement action against Chrisney Water Department in 2010. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in January 2010.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 12, 2010 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Where the water comes from

Chrisney Water Department buys its water from Santa Claus Water Utility. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Chrisney Water Department must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

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